Mehdi Ataei
Senior Research Scientist at Autodesk
About Me
Senior Research Scientist at Autodesk working on AI and computational physics. Ph.D. from University of Toronto, focusing on generative AI systems for engineering applications. I teach AI and ML courses at UofT, York University, and Vector Institute.
Research Interests
Vision Language Models
Fine-tuning, physical reasoning, and post-training reinforcement learning using simulation.
Deep Generative Models
Developing generative AI models for design automation and engineering applications.
High-Performance Computing
Multi-GPU programming, distributed training, and scaling large simulations for computational physics.
Blog
I occasionally write about AI, machine learning, and my research interests on my blog. Follow along for insights and reflections on emerging technologies.